According to a probable cause affidavit, Sanchez was taken into custody after causing a disturbance in the 2100 block of East Yale Avenue.

Before being taken to jail, the Muncie man was taken to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital to measure his level of intoxication. A test showed his blood-alcohol content was 0.32, four times the legal limit for motorists in Indiana.

An officer reported Sanchez was disruptive and screaming at the hospital. After he struggled with a nurse trying to take his blood pressure, Sanchez allegedly dug his fingernails into the police officer's wrist, profanely telling his alleged victim he now had "the hippo," an apparent reference to hepatitis.

The officer wrote that Sanchez repeatedly told him he intended to kill him "in front of my house."

"I live only a few blocks from Ruben and he knows it," he added.

Since 2008, Sanchez has been convicted of battery, driving while intoxicated, disorderly conduct and public intoxication.